Ecosystem Based Adaptation, Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Project Completion Techniques Training.

The term “Ecosystem-based Adaptation” (EbA) refers to the use of natural systems as a way to buffer the worst impacts of climate change, maintain the resilience of natural ecosystems, their ecosystem services and the species that support them, and help people and communities adapt to changing conditions. Ecosystem-based Adaptation is an important and often-overlooked complement to other modes of adaptation. Ecosystem-based Adaptation also refers to conservation actions that protect people from the impacts of climate change. The combination climate change and market forces bring uncertainty and risk to many communities across the world – especially those who rely heavily on the availability of local resources and infrastructure. When disaster strikes, a stable, empowered community will respond with resilience and recover quickly. For this reason, Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) programs are now essential priorities of sustainable development. An understanding of linkages between environment and disasters are especially necessary to integrate Disaster Risk Reduction into development planning as degraded environments can exacerbate disasters and disasters can aggravate environmental degradation. The new world order entails a shift in focus away from conventional fire-fighting approach to disaster management towards community-based risk reduction and preparedness and management that helps and capacitates communities to prevent, mitigate and cope with disasters effectively.

      Training Modules

• Disasters and Ecosystems
• Resilience in a Changing Climate
• Links between disasters, Disaster Risk Reduction, adaptation and key international actors
• Principles and challenges of ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction (Eco-DRR) and adaptation (EbA)
• Disaster management, resilience and ecosystems
• Ecosystem management contributions pre- and post-disasters
• Managing resilience and transformation
• Linkages between Eco-DRR and EbA
• Putting Ecosystem-based adaptation into practice
• Ecosystem-based tools for Disaster Risk Reduction
• Ecosystems and spatial tools for risk reduction
• Most common Eco-DRR tools
• Principles of mainstreaming ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction into national policies, strategies, plans and projects
• Formulation/Development of EbA project proposals
• Strategies for ensuring equity on EbA projects
• Developing project M&E systems for EbA projects
• Project Evaluation EbA projects
• Summative evaluation for EbA projects,
• Project performance Reporting
• Documentation of lessons learned in Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) projects,
• Developing project ToRs
• Development of EbA projects upscaling strategies
• Strategies for ensuring EbA projects sustainability
• Project closure techniques
• End of project reporting techniques

Way forward After the Training

Participants will develop a work plan through the help of facilitators that stipulates application of skills acquired in improving their organizations. ASPM will monitor implementation progress after the training.

Training Evaluation:

Participants will undertake a simple assessment before the training to gauge knowledge and skills acquired and another assessment will be done after the training in-order to demonstrate knowledge gained through the training.